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Easy Teriyaki Meatballs

Teriyaki Meatballs are baked in the oven and smothered in a sticky homemade teriyaki sauce.

They are the perfect party food and easy appetizer recipe! These crowd pleasing Easy Teriyaki Meatballs cook up in no time and even make a tasty dinner option when served with some some jasmine rice and steamed broccoli. YUM!

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TERIYAKI MEATBALLS

How to make homemade meatballs:

There are endless ways to make homemade meatballs, but for this teriyaki meatball recipe, the process is extremely easy.

The base for an easy homemade meatball consists of ground beef, panko bread crumbs, and egg. From there you can add whatever you want for flavor and texture. Since these teriyaki meatballs have a savory Asian flavor, I added freshly grated ginger and minced garlic along with some salt. If you don’t already have a microplane for zesting and grating, you’ll need to add that to your holiday wishlist. It’s the perfect tool for ingredients like citrus and fresh ginger. I love a really good garlic press as well.

I usually mix the ingredients together with a wooden spoon and then use my hands to work everything together and then shape the meatballs. The smaller the meatballs, the faster they’ll cook and the more surface area you’ll have to soak up all of that sticky teriyaki sauce.

Set the formed meatballs on a baking sheet. Make clean up even easier by lining it with parchment paper first. Cook the meatballs in a super hot oven until they’re brown and crispy on the outside.

How to make homemade teriyaki sauce:

The base of my homemade teriyaki sauce is soy sauce. To that, I add some water to dilute it a bit, dry sherry for that punch, brown sugar to sweeten it up and make it sticky, and fresh garlic and ginger to infuse that Asian flavor.

All of these ingredients get simmered together to allow all of the teriyaki flavors to develop. Then, to thicken the teriyaki sauce, I add a slurry of corn starch and water.

The final step to making teriyaki meatballs is to drop the cooked meatballs into the hot homemade teriyaki sauce, stir to coat, and serve.

Can you make teriyaki meatballs ahead of time?

Sure can! That’s why teriyaki meatballs make such great party food. Here are a few ways you can make this teriyaki meatball recipe ahead of time:

You can cook the meatballs now and make the teriyaki sauce later. Make the meatballs the day before and keep them in the refrigerator or make them weeks before and store them in the freezer. If frozen, just be sure to thaw fully in the refrigerator before adding to the sauce.

If you’d like to make the meatballs and the teriyaki sauce ahead of time, either make them the day before and keep refrigerated or make even earlier and freeze. Again, just be sure to thaw completely in the refrigerator before heating.

To keep your teriyaki meatballs warm, I highly recommend keeping them in the crockpot. Heat on low and then reduce to the keep warm setting. Whether you’re making them for a potluck, holiday party, or game day get together, these easy to make homemade teriyaki meatballs will be devoured!

Be sure to watch the teriyaki meatball recipe video below!

Easy Teriyaki Meatballs

Teriyaki Meatballs are baked in the oven and smothered in a sticky homemade teriyaki sauce. They are the perfect party food and easy appetizer recipe!

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Asian

Keyword teriyaki meatballs

Prep Time 10minutes

Cook Time 15minutes

Total Time 25minutes

Servings 18meatballs

Calories 86kcal

Author Krissy Allori

Ingredients

meatballs:

1poundground beef

1egg

1/2cupPanko bread crumbs

1teaspoonfresh grated ginger

1teaspoongarlicminced

1/4teaspoonsalt

sauce:

1/2cupsoy sauce

1/4cupwater

2tablespoonsdry sherry

1tablespoonbrown sugar

2teaspoonsminced garlic

1teaspoonminced ginger

1/2tablespooncornstarch

1tablespoonwater

garnish:

1/4cupgreen onionssliced thin

1tablespoonsesame seeds

Instructions

Line a large baking sheet with foil and preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Use hands to mix all meatball ingredients together until combined. Roll tablespoon sized balls and place on lined baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 13-18 minutes until browned.

Make the sauce while the meatballs are cooking. Combine soy sauce, 1/4 cup of water, dry sherry, brown sugar, garlic and ginger in a saucepan over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved, just for a few minutes. Turn the sauce into a glaze by separately mixing the cornstarch with the tablespoon of water and then adding it to the soy sauce mixture. Simmer on low until thickened.

J am making these tonight! I live in the dfw part of Texas, we just moved here may of 2017 from… Portland Oregon! I was there for that last winter. Man it was something else. I didn’t think that snow and ice and slush was ever going to go away. I miss Oregon and all of its beauty, but I also have realized how much I actually missed the sunshine. I hear this winter is better for you all in the northwest this year. Cheers to that! Btw love your recipes!

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